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FJ-W. RAINBY an T. B. ROGERS. FreightVesel. No. 240,460. Patented April 19,1881.

WITrlaSsb- E N.PETERS. PHQTo-LITMOGHAPHER. wAsmNGToN. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK vv. RAINEY AND THOMAS R. ROGERS, OE NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, AssIeNoRs OE oNE-TENTH To OEARLES A. OONRAD, OE SAME PLAOE.

FRElGHT-VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,460, dated April 19, 1881.

Application filed October 11, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FRANK W. RAINEY and THOMAS B. ROGERS, residents of the city of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Devices for Preventing the Shifting of Cargoes in Vessels; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description of the same, reference Io being had to the annexed drawings, makinga part of this specification.

This invention relates to means for dividing1 the hulls of vesselsjnto longitudinal compart- Inents byglgans of' hinged, sliding, or other adjustable partitions. Its object is to prevent the displacerriitof cargoes in the careening or rolling of vessels, and also to prevent the spreading of tire or of contagion among livestock by confining the same to the compartzo ment in which it may originate.

Our invention will, however, be more readily understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, whereon- Figure lis a cross-section of a vessel pro- 2 5 vided with adjustable partitions. Fig. 2 represents one section of a hinged partition, and Fig. 3 parts of two sliding sections.

A represents the hull of a vessel, B C the deck-frames, and D E F the floors thereof. 3o Our partitions G are made in sections, which are readily tted between the doors and decks above, either by suspending the same on rods or pivots or by sliding them between suitable grooves. or guides. The sections are made of 3 5 boiler-iron or of any other suitable material, and if suspended can, when not in use, be swung up under their respective decks, as shown in dotted lines at a, or the rods or piv- (No model.)

ots bywhich they are suspended may be withdrawn, and the different sections laid flat on 4o deck or piled upon the same. If sliding sections are employed, they can be withdrawn from their grooves or guides and be disposed of in the latter Way.

To securely brace the sections, we provide the same with eyes b, for receiving hooked ends of rods c. The rods of the outer compartments have their opposite ends connected, by any suitable means, with the frames of the vessel, and thus, in addition to the purposes 5o above mentioned, serve to strengthen the vessel. Vhen taken down the partitions will be convenient for ballast.

lf desirable, the compartments may be shortened or subdivided by littingcrosJ-sgztions therein, in the same manneTas that above described.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 6o In combination with the hull of a vessel having two or more deck frames or loors, removable longitudinal partitions arranged vertically between the decks or floors, and provided with eyes b, arranged on opposite sides, and bracing-rods c, attached to the eyes of the partitions, and supported at the outer ends to the sides of the vessel.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names.

FRANK W. RAINEY. THOS. B. ROGERS.

In presence of- CHAS. A. CONRAD, J. C. HUBBELL. 

